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        "title": "Senate passes workplace gay rights bill",
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        "prettyDate": "November 07, 2013",
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        "summary": "The Senate has approved a bill outlawing workplace discrimination against gay, bisexual and transgender Americans.",
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        "title": "Senate nears historic vote on gay rights bill",
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        "prettyDate": "November 07, 2013",
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        "summary": "The enthusiasm of the bill's supporters was tempered by the reality that the Republican-led House, where conservatives have a firm grip on the agenda, is unlikely to even vote on it.",
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        "uri": "/2013/11/06/senate-adopts-gop-change-on-gay-rights-bill/",
        "title": "Senate adopts GOP change on gay rights bill",
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        "prettyDate": "November 06, 2013",
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        "summary": "The overall bill would prohibit workplace discrimination against gay, bisexual and transgender Americans.",
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        "prettyDate": "November 04, 2013",
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        "summary": "A major gay rights bill has cleared its first hurdle in the Senate.",
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        "prettyDate": "November 04, 2013",
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        "summary": "Gay rights advocates from both parties are newly upbeat about the prospects for Senate passage of legislation that would bar employers from discriminating against workers on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.",
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        "uri": "/2013/10/29/immigration-bills-fate-murky/",
        "title": "Immigration bill’s fate murky",
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        "prettyDate": "October 29, 2013",
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        "summary": "Prospects for comprehensive immigration legislation this year grew murkier on the eve of an all-out push by a coalition of business, religious and law enforcement to persuade the House to overhaul the decades-old system.",
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        "title": "Tea party backlash",
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        "prettyDate": "October 28, 2013",
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        "summary": "A slice of corporate America thinks tea partyers have overstayed their welcome in Washington and should be shown the door in next year's congressional elections.",
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        "uri": "/2013/10/14/default-looming-still-no-solution/",
        "title": "Default looming, still no solution",
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        "prettyDate": "October 14, 2013",
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        "summary": "The United States moved perilously closer to an economy-rattling default and a partial government shutdown entered its 14th day as Senate Democratic and Republican leaders remained at odds over spending in their last-ditch negotiations to end the crises facing the nation.",
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        "prettyDate": "October 11, 2013",
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        "summary": "Senate Republicans and Democrats hit an impasse Sunday over spending in their last-ditch struggle to avoid an economy-jarring default in just four days and end a partial government shutdown that enters its third week.",
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        "prettyDate": "October 07, 2013",
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        "summary": "Senate Democrats intend to introduce legislation by mid-week to raise the nation's debt limit without the type of unrelated conditions Republicans have said they intend to seek, officials said Monday, as the White House signaled it would accept even a brief extension in borrowing authority to prevent an unprecedented default.",
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